[NormsRevenge]

TO: All those in the path of Sandy, Good luck, Godspeed, and see ya on the other side of the eye, God willing.

[109ACS]

Newspaper headlines for November 7th: “Obama would have won if it wasn’t for hurricane Sandy.”

[Harold Shea]

Not being frm NYC wonder if is possible for the subway to flood

Prayers for everyone in the path of this storm

[SamAdams76]

This will amount to little more than a wind-driven rainstorm for most. We get these several times a year in the Northeast. No...big...deal.

The media is overhyping this storm beyond all comprehension. People who sell batteries and bottled water are going to make a killing.

[Dallas59]

How long before the Climate Change nuts come out and scream...”WE TOLD YOU SO!”

[The Hound Passer]

Let’s pray the storm peters out for both the sake of lives & property & also so Obama isn’t delivered both a national distraction from the campaign & opportunity to look like a stand up guy (to wishy washy independents). Romney would be paralyzed & forced to walk a tight line campaigning in the middle of a disaster.

[blam]

This Is The Scariest Thing I've Seen About Hurricane Sandy

[Churchillspirit]

TO: All those in the path of Sandy, Good luck, Godspeed, and see ya on the other side of the eye, God willing.

Amen to that.

Wonder how it will affect broadcasting...particularly from New York.

Perhaps folks will just stay put at their stations.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

From St. Augustine Beach, this weekend.

Normally a sloping beach, the cut is 4 feet deep.

Looting has begun!

[EinNYC]

I have looked at the flood maps for NYC. Thankfully, I don't live in Zone A (most likely to be flooded), B, or C. They have actually called for the MANDATORY evacuations of everyone in Zone A, which includes Battery Park (lower Manhattan), The Rockaways (a barrier island complex south of Brooklyn and Queens), the Long Island City area (next to the East River) and other parts. The Weather Channel guy in a video just out said that those areas would be under water by tomorrow night. Storm surge of 6-11 feet over the normal tides. Winds predicted to be gusting to 80+ mph. They are shutting down the public transportation system in its entirety by 7 p.m. (subways) and 9 p.m. (buses). The commuter trains will also shut down by 7 p.m. Schools are closed (will miracles NEVER cease??????).

So, I am saying that I don't believe this to be merely media hype. I have been watching weather blogs and webpages most of last evening and many of them say, "I am not prone to hyperbole, but folks, this is going to be BAD".

That's why I got out early this morning with my trusty backpack, having found a very sheltered place for my car away from any trees, and hit the stores for more batteries, Purell, cans of tuna, cash, and, most important, crickets for my tiny pet lizards. Hey, they gotta eat, too!

I just hope we don't lose power, but there's a very good chance that we will. Reading by lantern light?

[hosepipe]

Preparation for what.... MARTIAL LAW?..

This ‘cane is just a Northeaster.. they happen ever year..
Its not like a category 2 hurricane or 3, 4 or 5..

I suspect something else is at hand.. WHAT?...
Can anyone say.. “President for Life”?...

[elkfersupper]

This is why the powers-that-be all want you dependent on mass transit, people.

They can ground you on a whim.

It's a storm. Storms have been happening on this planet since before there was anything here resembling a living organism.

A century or two ago, people would have just kept plugging. Now, we have to shut down all transportation and wring our hands about it a week before anybody sees any symptoms.

People need to just shut up, saddle their horses and move to shelter until it passes. Oh, wait..........nobody has or knows how to saddle a horse anymore. They all have electric cars that won't go any distance under excellent circumstances and can't plow through a pile of leaves under "adverse" circumstances.

[VeniVidiVici]

Geez. Where’s my freaking shovel?

[wtc911]

Not the NY of my youth.